Azerbaijan vs Iran
Azerbaijan vs Iran: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $476 in Azerbaijan and $80 in Iran, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Azerbaijan, by $396, or 5.93 times that in Iran.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Azerbaijan has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Iran.
- In 2025, Azerbaijan ranked 46 and Iran ranked 83 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Azerbaijan | Iran |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $476 | $80 |
| 2024 | $367 | $87 |
| 2023 | $345 | $82 |
| 2022 | $292 | $84 |
| 2021 | $265 | $65 |
| 2020 | $220 | $38 |
| 2019 | $184 | $57 |
| 2018 | $167 | $138 |
| 2017 | $154 | $165 |
| 2016 | $142 | $147 |
| 2015 | $299 | $129 |
| 2014 | $358 | $122 |
| 2013 | $357 | $150 |
| 2012 | $349 | $209 |
| 2011 | $335 | $183 |
| 2010 | $162 | $176 |
| 2009 | $164 | $166 |
| 2008 | $181 | $148 |
| 2007 | $108 | $126 |
| 2006 | $83 | $121 |
| 2005 | $36 | $96 |
| 2004 | $27 | $75 |
| 2003 | $21 | $55 |
| 2002 | $17 | $48 |
| 2001 | $16 | $155 |
| 2000 | $15 | $126 |
| 1999 | $15 | $102 |
| 1998 | $13 | $86 |
| 1997 | $12 | $73 |
| 1996 | $9 | $57 |
| 1995 | $9 | $40 |
| 1994 | $6 | $28 |
| 1993 | $10 | $23 |
| 1992 | $2 | $325 |
| 1991 | – | $296 |
| 1990 | – | $286 |
| 1989 | – | $292 |
| 1988 | – | $348 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Azerbaijan vs Iran
Health
- Life expectancyAzerbaijan: 74.4 years in 2023Iran: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAzerbaijan: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Iran: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAzerbaijan: 15 per 1,000 live births in 2023Iran: 9.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAzerbaijan: 71.6% in 2022Iran: 94.2% in 2022
- DepressionAzerbaijan: 2.59% in 2017Iran: 5.12% in 2017
- Suicide rateAzerbaijan: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Iran: 5.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAzerbaijan: 10.3 million people in 2023Iran: 90.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthAzerbaijan: -0.26% a year in 2023Iran: 1.12% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAzerbaijan: 1.67 births per woman in 2023Iran: 1.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAzerbaijan: 58.6% in 2025Iran: 77.4% in 2025
- Median ageAzerbaijan: 32.6 years in 2023Iran: 32.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAzerbaijan: 8% in 2023Iran: 7.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateAzerbaijan: -8.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Iran: 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAzerbaijan: 6.47% of GDP in 2025Iran: 2.09% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAzerbaijan: $4.67B in 2025Iran: $7.45B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAzerbaijan: 17.7% of government spending in 2025Iran: 11.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAzerbaijan: 82,000 people in 2020Iran: 650,000 people in 2020
- National powerAzerbaijan: 0.14% of world capability in 2022Iran: 1.64% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAzerbaijan: 1.58% of the labour force in 2020Iran: 2.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAzerbaijan: 463 million TIV in 2025Iran: 42 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsAzerbaijan: 2 million TIV in 2023Iran: 80 million TIV in 2025